Regional News

Morecambe Bay Partnership Events Summer 2015

NW Coastal Forum

The Morecambe Bay Partnership has published a newsletter giving details of events around the Bay. Covering August, September and October the impressive range of fascinating things to do includes Heritage Open Days, dates of 9 Beach Cleans, talks and guided walks on local heritage including archaeology, fishing, salt-making and marine life. The newsletter can be […]

NW Regional Monitoring Programme Newsletter issue 5

NW Coastal Forum

The North West Regional Monitoring Programme issues a twice-yearly newsletter providing news on the monitoring programme, spotlighting specific issues and providing an update of forthcoming monitoring, reporting and relevant events across the region. This issue features the ecological mapping study, the Be Flood Ready website, a report from Lancaster City Council on their coastal defence […]

LOVEmyBEACH – an update on the work of the Turning Tides Partnership

NW Coastal Forum

The latest LOVEmyBEACH e-newsletter is available to download from the link below. It contains links to a map of beach water quality in the North West of England, where to find your local beach clean event, a survey being run by Sefton Council on bathing water quality and news about the recent school Illuminations competition […]

National Marine Week 2015: 25 July to 9 August

NW Coastal Forum

As in previous years this annual celebration of our marine and coastal environment – National Marine Week – is so plum full of activity that it’s expanded to a fortnight! Organised by the Wildlife Trusts to raise awareness of the richness and diversity of the UK’s marine life Wildlife Trusts (both coastal and inland) around […]

Coastal Access Updates July 2015

NW Coastal Forum

Natural England has produced their July update on progress of the roll out of National Coastal Access on the Cumbrian coast. This issue (downloadable below) gives information on the expansion of the local Coastal Access Team and the latest news on all 3 Cumbrian stretches, one of which is open, one of which is awaiting final decision and […]

Coastal Community Teams to Help Revive England’s Seaside Towns

NW Coastal Forum

The Goverment has announced the creation of 116 Coastal Community Teams with the provision of more than £1 million, funding an additional 104 further Coastal Community Teams on top of 12 existing pilots. The Coastal Community Teams initiative has been created to help revive coastal towns and bring jobs, growth and prosperity to coastal areas. The teams bring […]

130 km Bay Cycle Way (National Route 700) launched!

NW Coastal Forum

Morecambe Bay Partnership, working in partnership with SUSTRANS, have launched the new Bay Cycle Way with a 4 day long celebration of the opening of this key new long-distance cycle route around Morecambe Bay. The route starts at Sandy Gap on Walney Island and runs around the Bay to Glasson Dock, near Lancaster. Over the […]

Blackpool Illuminations: Schools Competition

NW Coastal Forum

Closing date 5 p.m., 17th July. LOVEmyBEACH has teamed up with Blackpool Council and illuminations curator Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to launch the LOVEmyBEACH education pack for schools with a linked competition to design a new LOVEmyBEACH poster. The winning entry, judged by Laurence, will be announced in September and the poster will be transferred onto a […]

Coastal Access Updates – Cumbria and National

NW Coastal Forum

Natural England has produced their June update on progress of the roll out of National Coastal Access on the Cumbrian coast. This issue (downloadable below) gives information on the acceleration of the national roll out programme, and news on all 3 Cumbrian stretches. Also available to download below is Natural England’s May update on progress […]

Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund now open to applications 2015

NWCF

In December 2104 Dong Energy began building an extension for Burbo Bank offshore wind farm, located within Liverpool Bay off the North West Coast of England. Dong Energy has devoted itself to a Community Fund worth approximately £225,000 each year for the duration of the project. After an thorough community consultation process, the Burbo Bank […]